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April 29, 2004

Aero-News Quote Of The Day (04.29.04)

"It's a very sad story and we didn't want to put any extra pressure on her or extra grief. She didn't need that but it's done now and we are trying to do better." Source: Jean-Francois Lebrun, Canadian spokesman for the North Carolina-based company SpectraSite, owners of a broadcast tower destroyed after it was hit by a Cessna three years ago. Pilot Gilbert Paquette's body hung in the wreckage at the top of the tower for five days before the tower itself was demolished by workers who recovered the aircraft. The upshot is, under Canadian law, SpectraSite doesn't have to sue, as long as three broadcasters whose signals emanated from that tower continue their legal battle with Paquette's widow and three children. If they win, SpectraSite wins.

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